Friday, January 16, 2009

Thai Airways

By Tom Martens

Thai airways is known as one of the best service providing airlines.It has won many awards including "Worlds Best Cabin Staff and stood second in 2007 in the Best Airline in the World. Suvarnabhumi in Thailand is the place where from, it operates most to different places to the world.Few other airports from where it has the non stop flights include Chaing Mai International Airport, Don Mueang International Airport and Phuket International Airport.

Thai Airways International Public Company Limited was founded in 1960 as a joint venture between Thailands domestic airline, Thai Airways Company and Scandinavian Airlines System. After a 17-year partnership, the Thai government bought SASs holdings making it the sole owner of the airline.

The first flights began operations from Bangkok to nine destinations within the Asian region. The first intercontinental flights were to Australia, then Europe and North American by 1980. After a merger with the Thai Airways Company, the company experienced faster growth as Thailands only national carrier.

In 1997, Thai Airways was a founding member of the Star Alliance network through which member airlines codeshare with each other, expanding their flight offerings. Additional partnerships have allowed Thai Airways to expand its list of destinations to include Africa (ending Jan. 16, 2009), China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Kuwait, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Russia, Spain Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia, and New Zealand. The airlines route from Bangkok to Los Angeles is among the longest non-stop commercial flights currently operated.

Thai Airway's fleet includes a total of 89 aircraft; the largest of these is considered to be the Boeing 467-400, which seats 389 passengers.

There are four travel classes that an airline may offer, which include Royal First, Royal Silk, Premium Economy, and Economy.

Royal First Class offers flat-bed seats and is available mostly on Europe-Australia and some intra-Asian flights. Seats are equipped with touch screens, audio-video on demand and in-flight entertainment systems and lumbar massage. Passengers may also choose from more than 20 meal options.

The royal silk travel class available in this airline is mostly like the business class which consists of angled, lie-flat business class seats that provides lumbar massage. And every seat has a 17-20 touch screens and AVOD and IFE.

Premium Economy Class is available on intercontinental flights from Bangkok and Los Angeles on the Airbus A40-500. Fewer seats are available on these planes to offer more room for the reclining seats and leg rests. These seats also come with 10.5 touch screens with AVOD and IFE.

Economy Class seating is less roomy than the other classes, but includes AVOD.

Royal Orchid Plus is Thai Airlines frequent flyer reward program. It has more than two million members worldwide. The program has three tiers, member, silver and gold. Members can earn miles on Thai Airways flights, codeshare flights departing or arriving at Bangkok, Star Alliance flights and Jet Airways flights or at partner hotels.

Those who will belong to the three special classes of the company will have the opportunity to enjoy an offer. The offers include relaxing collection of soothing spas.

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